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A Whopper.

A man named Ballard lived in the
swamps of the Muckalee, with his wife.
The woods were full of wild turkeys, and
Ballard conceived an idea that he would
capture big lot of them and sell them
in Macon. He built q large turkey pen
and covered it over, leaving trench for
the fowls to enter in, baited it with corn
and went home. Two or three days after
he went to the pen and found it full of
big fat turkies, probably thirty or forty.
Ballard was afraid to loosen the pen to
take them out, 80 he went home, got a
rope and his wife to assist him and re-
turned for the birds. When he got to
his pen he crawled il at the trench
where the turkies had entered, after
tying one end of the e~rope around his
body, and tied each one Of the turkies
by the feet with the other part of the
rope. He then bade his wife to remove
the top of the pen and struggled out.
As soon as the turkies found that they
could expand their wings they began to
futter and fly, and soon Ballard was as
high as the trees, yelling in fright to his
wife below to save him. The poor
woman wrupg her hands and followed,
as the scared birds mounted higher and
got swifter in their fight. She soon lost
sighs of her husband, and as he has
never more been heasd OF, she bundled
up and returned TO her parents in North
Carolina. -Sunter, Ga, Republican.
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the views Of the people are sent to the
State Convention. We have too much
confidence in the integrity and wisdom
of the people of South Carolina to be-
slieYe that they would send men to the
convention who could be bribed Or
Ijuggled into voting for any candidate
whose record is not clean. This has been
our experience 80 far, and we see no
reason to- believe that this state of
affairs will be changed. The issues in
the State, as the Agricultural College,
+ for instance, are discussed from the stump
by candidates for the Legislature before
the primary election. These are the
proper men to discuss these subjects, for
they are the mer II the end who make
the laws, and .nt he State: officers. The
latter only execl.. the laws as made for
them, and it is not necessary for them to
|go about telling what their policy will
be if elected, for in all important ques.
tions their policy will be exactly the will
Of the people as expressed by the legis-
lative branch of the government. We
therefore think no good would be accom-,
plished by the proposed change.
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Some time ago Mrs. John Hostetter,
of Perry County, Pa, gave birth to trip
lets, two boys and girl. The parents
decided to call them Grover, Cleveland
and Frances, respectively. A letter was
written to the President, to which he
replied as follows: "Mr Fry, of Newport,
Pa, has informed me of the birth to you
simultaneously of three children, two
boys and girl, and has also stated that
you have selected Grover, Cleveland and
Frances, respectively, for their names, in
compliment to Mrs. Cleveland and myself.
/ have quite number of namesakes,
whose parents have been good enough to
make manifest in this way their friendly
feeling, but it is exceptional that the
opportunity is presented to show in such
marked degree the confidence and re.
gard your action implies. Thanking you
for your courtesy, and expressing the
hope that you may be permitted to see
the children grow in years and strength,
I am" &c.
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= Mr.. Cleveland's journey to the Wes.
tern and Southern States will cost him
several hundred dollars-perhaps more
than $4,000. He has engaged special
train for the entire distance, consisting OF
an engine, baggage and supply car and
two palace cars. This train will convey
him for about $500 miles. The journey
will occupy twenty-five days. If the
railway journey were continuous one,
it would occupy between five and six
days, provided the train made thirty.6ve
miles an hour. Much of the travel will
be done during the night, and so far as
the time spent on the railway is con.
cerned, therefore, the trip will not be an
exhausting one, either to the President
or his wife. But there will be stoppages
for brief periods at many cities where
the party will not alight, and it may be
assumed thas the President will be re.
quired to make at least fifty speeches of
greater or less length.
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Shot Dead by his Wife.

BA1NBR1DeE, Ga, September 23.-
A frightfuI tragedy occurred two miles
south Of here this morning about sunrise.
Mr.. w. M. Brooks, q we'll to do farmer,
was shot to death by bis insane wife,
Nancy. From facts elected at the cor
oner's inquest it appeared that he rose
early, had breakfast, and quarrel with
his wife, who. in addition to insanity,
was under the influence of whisky. He
threatened to whip her, but did not. He
went out of doors and was hitching his
oxcart, when his wife walked out of the
house, gun in hand, and fired into his
face, killing him instantly. He had
frequently recently told persons that his
life was in constant peril, that his wife
was crazy, meant him mischief, and her
insanity was increasing. They have four
small children. the oldest, boy, being
FIVE years of age. Her maiden name
was King, has relations living in Early
county, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama.
Brooks came from Henry County, Ala.
bama, and has relations there. Mr.. H.
B. Ehrlicha, merchant friend of Brooks,
has taken his children and property in
charge until their relations can be notified.
The woman spent eleven months in an
asylum several years ago. She is now in
Jail perfectly frantic.
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- The Northern newspapers are still
as to whether Mrs. Cleveland really
snubbed Governor Foraker and his wife
in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia cor.
respondent of the New York Tribune
says: "Gen. Bushnell, who saw the
affair, thus states it: i was with the
Governor at the time. He said, Good
evening, Mr.. President at the same time
extending his hand. The President took
it and replied, Good evening, Governor
Permit me- said the Governor, to
present Mrs. Foraker The President
made some remark of an agreeable char.
acter, shook Mrs. Foraker's hand, and
they passed on to Mrs. Cleveland. She
deliberately turned away from both of
them, and gave her hand to the persons
coming up behind" Governor Foraker
fully confirmed what Gen. Bushnell
said, adding that the intention Of Mrs.
Cleveland to administer an emphatic icsnub
to himself and his wife was evident.
Mrs. Foraker should have gone to the
reception along with some other gentle.
man than her husband.
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The Moonshiners Revenge.

ATLANTA, GA.., Sept. 21.-The news
from the country around Dalonega, in
Union, Lumpkin, Dawson snd Forsyth
counties, is to the effect that the moon
sinners are thoroughly aroused, and have
made up their minds to run all informers
out of the country. Several raids have
recently been made by the revenue
agents, in which the officers escaped
under lively fire from their concealed
enemies. Chestertowee District, in
Lumpkin County, is one among the most
desperate retreats of the moonshiners,
having long been under their control.
The half dozen arrests made there within
the last two weeks led to the suspicion
that one of their own members must be
giving the secret away. This suspicion
finally rested upon James Ash, who owns
small farm. Late on Saturday night
Ash was called to the door, and at once
found himself surrounded by q dozen
disguised men, who warned him that the
hour for revenge had come. They beat
him over the head with their pistols
until he was knocked senseless and fell
to the ground. He vas then carried to a
neighboring grove, stripped, tied to tree
and lashed numerically. Next day,
Sunday, he was found there by people on
their way TO church. His friends, satis>
fed that the next visit meant death,
removed him and his family to Dalonega,
where he is in critical condition.
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Rather Mixed.

GREENvILLE, S. G., September 22.-
The details of sensational romance in
real life we're brought out here to-day in
the hearing of q case before Judge
Douthit, the judge of the probate court,
in which two women, one from Haber-
sham County, Ga, the other of this
county, appeared, and each claimed to
be the widow of John Hughes, who was
killed in this county last December By
R. a. Jacob, the question being as to
which of the two women had the legal
right to administer on the estate. 1t ap.
pears that Hughes married the Georgia
widow in 1868, lived with her seven
years, then abandoned her and came to
Greenville, and married the Greenville
wife, who lived with him until he was
killed, since which she has had his slayer
convicted of manslaughter and sentenced
to the penitentiary, and has brought suit
against him for ten thsusand dollars
damage. The Georgia widow is now
brought forward by Jacobs for the pur.
pose of showing that the Greenville
widow is not the legal wife, and therefore
has no legal right to bring action fol
damage. Further evidence Will be heard
on the 30th inst.
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Extraordinary Cotton Picking.

j. Miss Emma, fourteen.y year.old daugh.
ter Of Mr.. Andy j. Cleveland, of this
county, picked 500 pounds of cotton on
last Friday. Miss Cleveland is beyond
doubt 9 blood relative Of, the President,
and should attend the Piedmont exposi.
tion as the champion famale cotton
picker and meet her ilustrious relative,
the champion President of q quarter of q
century. Here ia some good picking
done By the sons of Mr.. d. G. Hunt.
Albert, aged IA, 1862 pounds; Jack, aged
1S, 2O7 pounds; Charlie, aged II, 2O4
pounds. Mr.. J. NJ. Shiaet, aged 79,
picked 11s pounds of cotton last Friday.
Miss. Sallie Daniels, daughter of Mr.. B.
L. Daniels, of Eagle Grove, picked 425
pounds of cotton last Tuesday, commenc.
ing sometime after sunrise and quitting
before sundown. There was no dew that
morning, and it is said that Miss Sallie
can do the same thing over any day she
wishes. Here is q chance for some sim
gle member of the Eagle Grove Farmers
club b.-Hart,ueM, Ca, San.
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A Secret Order Of Avengers.

NEW ORLEANS, September 25.-A
Greenwood, Miss, special says: A negro
named Henry Taylor killed another
negro on Tallahatchie River two months
ago. at the time an attempt was made
By colored Masons to lynch him, but
they we're prevented by Mr.. Stancil
taking Taylor in his house and protect.
ing him. Since then both Taylor and
his wife have disappeared. Opa day
last week body was found in the river,
which proved to be that of Taylor, and
the impression is that the colored Masons
made away with him and his wife.
George Evans, who was hanged here
July 27, by a negro mob, is supposed to
have been lynched by colored Masons
because he had killed one of their mum.
ber. The feeling is growing strong that
colored Masons take an oath in their
secret organizations to ayenge the death
of a brother Mason.
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S IX Xbbsville Medium, Of which Sen.
81 ashill is / Editor. ssys: s--s95sf:; -;
2 swjes s ssslots l blamed the Abbeyille
zion for NOT putting this County ID
e OreEs: bill: The delegation
M sao iasls %hs 1pleagns sasns saoaiI aod aD %
j: spfe,ostsrSns. 81 M 8 s. - III W was, too
i iislI and ns anqnisitdtial, and therefore the
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His Child's Body in the Bale of Cotton,

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. PA little
son of Leander Hill, who lives south of
Covington, Tenn, went to bis fathers
gin yesterday, and seeing that the cotton
press vas half full of the feecy staple
the child lay down and went to sleep.
Operations were resumed about the gin
and the negroes filled the press with lint
to complete the bale. The terrific press
ure of the following block was brought
down upon the loose cotton, and when
the bale was rolled up from the press
bound with the iron ties the life: blood OF
the boy oozed slowly through the fibre.
This excited the curiosity of the men
and the bale was torn open. To the
horror and unspeskable grief Of Mr.. Hill
he found the body of his little son
crushed to jelly. If the little fellow
uttered any cries of distress they were
not heard.
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Mrs. Hancock Was Not for Sale.

Mrs. Hancock says that once when the
general felt called upon to entertain half
"a dozen Sioux chieffians she helped him
in his task by playing the piano for
them. The music evidently had power
to please if not 20 asoothes the savage" !"
for Immediately negotiations commenced
through an interpreter to purchase the
;ssbig captains" squaw along with the
Emusic table, Beads, robes and blan-
kets we're frat offered for the exchange.
When the abig captain" rejected these,
supposing the inducements not sufficient !,
they added ponies to an increased number
ofrobes and trinkets of all kinds. Their
indignation and dissatisfaction were
and quickly made evident by
their leaving the house in Indian file,
without d glance here or there, seeming
deaf to the interpreters appeal to return.
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NOTICE.

WE take this Opportunity of sanfaE baE
liberal patronage, and to say to them that
we are buying full line of FRESH FAM
lily AND FANCY GROCERIES-suc
as Teas, Coffee, Sugar, Bacon, Flour, Mo-
lasses, &c. Also, all kinds of table delica-
cies, including the celebrated Holmes &
Coutts fancy and plain Crackers, and
French and plain Candies arrive weekly,
fresh from the factory. Canned Goods of
all kinds. Cigars, Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco, &c. Try our Honor Bright"
Cigar-it is the best handmade. Try our
Log Cabin Laundry Soap.
BuS the best bargain to be had, we think,
we can give you in q TRACT OF LAND,
81 miles west of Anderson, with good
dwelling and tenant houses, including 2l5
acres, with los acres in high state of cul-
tivation, that is either for sale very loaO, or
can be rented by good, responsible party,
but prefer selling. Would be glad to have
parties, either buyers or renters, to call on
the undersigned. Very respectfully,
e. w. TAYLOR & CO.,
Northwest Corner Public Square.
Sent 1. 1887 8
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Startling But True.

WILLIS POINT, TEXAS Dec. /, 1885.
After suffering for more than three years
with disease of the throat and lungs, I got
80 low last Spring / was entirely unable to
do anything, and my cough was 80 bad I
scarcely slept any at night. My Druggist,
Mr.. 81. T. Goodnight, sent me bottle Of
DR.. BOSANKO'S COUGH AND LUNG
SYRUP. 1 found relief, and after using six
$1.00 bottles was entirely cured. ]. NJ.
WELDEN. Sold by Orr d Sloan.
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Guilty Of fMurder.

oRANaEBUae, Sept. 24-The trial Of
the case Of the State against, a. O. and
"a. r. Norton father and sony, indicted
for the murder of J. 7. Hamlin, occu.
pied three days in the Court of General
Sessions, and was ended this evening.
The court house was packed during the
entire time of the trial, and when the
verdict was being read death.like
silence prevailed. The prisoners were
found guilty, with recommendation to
the mercy of the court. They stood up
and received the sentence of death
without any demonstration Of feeling.
Judge Aldrich fixed the time of execu-
ton for the End day Of December next.
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Southern Development.

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, Sept. 25..The
Nadesnan, in its quarterly review of the
Southern industrial situation. says
aThe past three months, although the
embarrassing midsummer period, shows
no cessation in the wonderful industrial
development in all sections Of the South
While specllations have been restricted,
material growth has correspondingly
increased, and reports to the 1sadesman
from the commercial and industrial
centres of the South betoken a most
gratifying condition Of affairs. Crops
everywhere in the South are above the
average, and the general volume of busi-
ness is increased. Up to q fortnight age
money was easy, and, while collections
are somewhat slow now, the movement
of crops will improve the financial
aitua finn
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Telling Childrens' Ages by Their Teeth.

BosroN, Sept. pa special commit.
tee of the Legislature to-day inspected a
large cotton mill at Salem, which is
manned almost exclusively by French
Canadians, mostly children. All sorts OF
expedients are resorted to by the parents
to obtain the necessary certificates for
children under the legal age of fourteen
years. The test now applied in each
case is an examination of the teeth. a
dentist in the Salem School Board quick
ly detects the qge of every applicant for
q certificate by the child's teeth. Unless
the proper molars are there, due at eleven
wears, no certificate is issued.
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i. MS. National Convention.

Mr.. EDITOR: Idesire to remind the
Postmasters Of the third and fourth. class
postofRces in Anderson and Counties
constituting the Third Congressional
District, that an effort was zealously com.
menced, sometime ago, to improve their
condition and increase the compensation
for postofice services. Several States
and Congressional Districts have held
conventions and appointed delegates to
the National Convention. But what has
Anderson County or the State of South
Carolina done? a convention Of POST
masters met in Columbia last winter and
made arrangement to secure representa-
ton from every County, or at least from
the Congressional Districts in the State, to
attend the National Convention to meet
in Washington on the 18th December
next, to urge the claims of the above
named classes of Postmasters in the %.
lis. Congress. The aspiration is certainly
legitimate and praise worthyIf any
thing more has been done in the State
towards completing the work so well
commenced, we would be glad to know it,
and if no effort has been used to com.
plete the enterprise, then We would like
to ask these Postmasters of the County
and Congressional District, what they
Fare going 60 do about it2"
Ia the. State of South Carolina there
sare 917 postoffces, of which one is first
c1sss, two second. class, fifteen third, and
Es9s of these fourth. class. There are
about forty postofhces in Anderson
County, and about 100 in the Congress
sional District. Three Of these classes
are generally we'll provided for, while
the fourth class is sparingl yraid for the
service rendered. 81
At any rate if the parties directly in-
terested do not take action in their own
behalf, they may. rest assured that no
other party will be likely to strike in
their favor. Then it behooves US to
press forward, inspired by 9 large popular
majority, and get to, work for ourselves.
I therefore respectfully suggest that the
chairmen Of each County embraced in
this Congressional District Immediately
call convention Of third and fourth
class Postmasters to meet at some central
point, say Bolton, Seneca or Greenwood,
not later than the 9th Of October next,
to consider this question and appoint one
or more delegates to represent them in
the National Convention to be held in
Washington 18th December next.
The convention should have met
previous to Isl of October, but perhaps
the old adage will applys to this case,
"better late than neyer,n and 30 work out
all right for good in the end. N.
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A Novel Use for the Silver Dollar,


|: County.
In front of the Silver Dollar Saloon
there was crowd looking under the
swinging doors for hours last night try
ing to get sight Of the silver; coins in
the floor. In every stone in the white
marble floor are two silver dollars bear.
ing the date of 1887, and in the centre of
the floor in front Of the bar is black
marble stone with $40 gold piece in the
centre, and nineteen 81 silver pieces
around 1t. Overhead in the ceiling are
three medallions, serving as centres Of
three chandeliers, made of ground glass
and representing silver dollars. On the
back bar is chandelier which has $500
worth of silver dollars on There is,
besides, on the back bar q star and cres-
cent q foot high, covered with silver
pieces from dime to dollar; The wine
decanters are in the shape of silver dol.
lars. On the walls are pictures of the
members of Assembly when ex.Alder-
man Smith was member of the Legis.
lature himself.
There were three lunches spread all
day, and OIL each table were roast pig
with a silver dollar in his mouth and q
pastry with conspicuous dollar. There
was cake with silver dollar in it for
the lucky man who got the piece with
the coin. Supervisor John Y. McKane,
of Coney Island, got the loaded slice.
The silver dollars in the floor are
secured by the strongest cement known.
To pry them up with knife is impossi-
BILE. It iE easier to chisel them out by
destroying the stone. The actual cost Of
the extravaganza is less than $4,000.
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: The Vanderbilt holdings of United
States bonds, the brokers say, are all
registered 4 per cents, and amount to
1O0,O00,000. The late William 81. Van.
derbilt's original purchase vas S,O00,000
worth, at par.
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"A good man in New Bedford was
not so far out of the way when he used TO
say in conference meeting: Brethren,
we have been mercifully spared in passing
through many scenes and unseens."
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Cure for Sick Headach,

For proof that DR.. Gunn's Liver Pills
cures Sick Headache, ask your Druggist for
a free trial package. Only one for q dose.
Regular size boxes, 25 cents. Sold by Orr
& Sloan.
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THE
PLANTERS RESTAURANT.

VX1ITH view of filling ong-felt want
w in Anderson, a First Glass Restau-
rant has been opened in the Masonic build
ing, where the public can always get q
good meal. The patronage of the Ladies
is also solicited.
The Restaurant will be presided over by
Mrs. Margaret Harris, who has had con:
siderable experience in the business, and
the mere mention of her name is sufli-
cient guarantee that everything will be
served in the best and most palatable style.
The table will be supplied with the best the
market affords. Meals at all hours. at the
low price of 25 cents meal.
Sept %, 1887 II